/qnotables26/ - ===Q Notables 2026===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24495568 (131720ZAPR26) Notable: Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks as he opens trip in Algeria

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>>38095

Tyb

Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks as he opens trip in Algeria

https://youtu.be/sheUAd5kAH8

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496249 (132049ZAPR26) Notable: Three bills: End Sanctuary Cities, Clear Skies Act, LIABLE Act

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H.R.7612 - End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7612

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496251 (132050ZAPR26) Notable: Three bills: End Sanctuary Cities, Clear Skies Act, LIABLE Act

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H.R.4403 - Clear Skies Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4403/text

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496253 (132051ZAPR26) Notable: Three bills: End Sanctuary Cities, Clear Skies Act, LIABLE Act

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H.R.1432 - LIABLE Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1432

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496261 (132057ZAPR26) Notable: Are the $2,000 tariff checks still a thing?

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Are the $2,000 tariff checks still a thing? What the latest updates say

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/13/2000-checks-tariffs-still-happening-the-latest-updates/89536194007/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496264 (132100ZAPR26) Notable: #29873

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#29873 >>38095

>>38115 LIVE: White House News: President Trump's Blockade in Iran, VP Visits Pakistan, and More - 4/13/26

>>38100, >>38101, >>38104, >>38105, >>38106, >>38110, >>38117 POTUS impromptu outside oval office, waitin on lunch delivery

>>38102 @POTUS: "I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support… It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better."

>>38116 @POTUS: "Iran will not have a nuclear weapon… If they don't agree, there's no deal. There'll never be a deal. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon and we're going to get the dust back — either we'll get it back from them or we'll take it."

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>>38098, >>38099, >>38121 @realDonaldTrump 34 Ships went through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, which is by far the highest number since this foolish closure began. President DONALD J. TRUMP

>>38096 Many blue states considering TAXING high earners right before they move out of the state

>>38097 MILLER:“What you’re going to see with President Trump’s task force that he put Vice President Vance in charge of, is increasing scope of raids, prosecutions, enforcement actions and convictions.”

>>38103 Washington State GOP looking to change voting laws, secretary of state calls fraud 'incredibly rare'

>>38109 2 million barrels per tanker × minimum 121

>>38111 US House braces for rare expulsion wave

>>38112, >>38113 NASA/Space

>>38112, >>38113 Top Space Cyber Execs Talk Increased Iranian Cyber Attacks

>>38114 The East West pipeline is now operating at its full capacity of 7 million barrels per day. According to Saudi Ministry of Energy

>>38118 Earthquake swarm hits off Washington coast: 18+ quakes in 12 hours, up to 4.2 magnitude

>>38119 TX Paxton: I launched an investigation into Lululemon over the potential presence of toxic "forever chemicals" in activewear.

>>38120 Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks as he opens trip in Algeria

#29873

https://fullchan.net/?349edb0f95dc39a2#CeGW6cz3dMcvg5CnV4gnzf4YpLYnqa6DbLvDpGgtJo4y

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496290 (132109ZAPR26) Notable: Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has “put the empire on notice” by exposing...a decades-long British-run extortion system centered on the Strait of Hormuz

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https://www.PrometheanAction.com — Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has “put the empire on notice” by exposing what she calls a decades-long British-run extortion system centered on the Strait of Hormuz. She says Trump moved to break the alleged protection racket by undermining Lloyd’s of London’s role in maritime insurance, pushing the U.S. to provide coverage, and enforcing an “all or none” approach to Iran’s oil sales. Kokinda highlights UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to join an American blockade and claims Britain has lost control of the choke point. She details financial actions targeting Iranian money flows, including UAE arrests of IRGC-linked money changers, Treasury Secretary Bessent using Patriot Act Section 311 against a Zurich bank, and scrutiny of London-based crypto exchanges and Santander UK. She cites a UK military chief admitting Britain’s war planning has lapsed since the Cold War and links fuel disruptions and protests to the conflict, concluding Trump has forced a hidden imperial system into the open.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496303 (132112ZAPR26) Notable: ICYMI: Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe: 20 000 to 60 000 people in Germany have died from the c*vid vaccine.

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PeterSweden

@PeterSweden7

This should be headline news EVERYWHERE.

A Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe has just come out and said something that many "conspiracy theorists" suspected.

He estimates that 20 000 to 60 000 people in Germany have died from the c*vid vaccine.

This was said at a parliamentary enquiry commission in Germany.

So why isn't this massive news being reported everywhere?

Is the mainstream media that has recieved millions in funding from Bill Gates deliberately covering this up... 🤔

6:26 AM · Apr 12, 2026

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https://x.com/PeterSweden7/status/2043274502914597000?s=20

I’m sure there were a lot more dead!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496338 (132122ZAPR26) Notable: U.N. Secretary General calls for resumption of talks between U.S. and Iran

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2h ago / 4:03 PM EDT

U.N. secretary general calls for resumption of talks between U.S. and Iran(he waits for 6 weeks??? Will Iran listen to him? No!)

Mirna Alsharif

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called for the resumption of talks between the U.S. and Iran.(Iran intimidates the UN through their aggressive lies. UN is useless)

"After weeks of destruction & distress, it is clear that there is no military solution to the current conflict in the Middle East," Guterres said in a statement posted to X.

Guterres also called on the ceasefire to be "preserved" and urged all parties to "respect the freedom of navigation" in the Strait of Hormuz. (He just thought of this today!!)

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-us-blockade-iran-ports-trump-hormuz-peace-talks-ceasefire-rcna331473#rcrd107865

(Excuse me, isn’t the UN there to make sure countries work together. They actually has an Councilar to check and make sure countries don’t have nuclear bombs, and Iran lied to them and wouldn’t let him in. And isn’t it the job of the leader of the UN be the mediator? Simply sad org.)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496369 (132135ZAPR26) Notable: Tradition unlike any other. It's Friday at the White House

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Tradition unlike any other. It's Friday at the White House. 🇺🇸

The White House

3 days ago

https://youtu.be/pppt0aEczus

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496375 (132137ZAPR26) Notable: Judge dismisses Trump $10B defamation lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ about Epstein letter.

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Judge dismisses Trump $10B defamation lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ about Epstein letter. 1/2

PUBLISHED MON, APR 13 20269:27

KEY POINTS

• A Florida federal court judge tossed out a $10 billion defamation lawsuit by President Donald Trump against media baron Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal.

• Trump claimed he was defamed in a Journal article that said he sent a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, his then-friend.

•Trump will be allowed to file an amended lawsuit in the case, Judge Darrin Gayles said in his ruling in U.S. District Court in Miami.

A federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against media baron Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal, which claimed the newspaper defamed Trump with a story saying the president had sent a “bawdy” 50th birthday letter to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

But Trump will be given the chance to file a new amended lawsuit by April 27 in the case about the letter that the Journal published in July 2024, Judge Darrin Gayles said in his ruling in U.S. District Court in Miami.

Gayles said he had to dismiss the civil complaint because Trump, who has adamantly denied sending the letter to his then-friend Epstein in 2003,had “not plausibly alleged that the Defendants published the Article with actual malice.”

Plaintiffs who are public figures likeTrump must show that a defendant had actual malice when they made allegedly defamatory statements, according to legal precedent.

Gayles said Trump’s complaint “falls short of pleading actual malice,” and also said the president “comes nowhere close to” the standard for showing that the newspaper deliberately avoided investigating the truth of the statements it published about the letter.

“The Article explains that, before running the story, Defendants contacted President Trump, Justice Department officials, and the FBI for comment,” the judge wrote.

“President Trump responded with his denial, the Justice Department did not respond at all, and the FBI declined to comment. In short, the Complaint and Article confirm that Defendants attempted to investigate.”

And Gayles noted that the article included the fact that Trump denied writing the letter, which makes an allegation of actual malice less plausible.

But the judge, in giving Trump a second chance in the case,pointed to another precedent that says a plaintiff “should have the opportunity to amend his complaint” if a lawsuit was tossed out for failing to plead facts in a suit “giving rise to an inference of actual malice.

The judge’s ruling did not address the question of whether the statements that the Journal made in the article are true, and whether they are defamatory.

Murdoch’s company, News Corp

., owns the Journal. Trump plans to refile amended suit on Epstein letter

A spokesman for the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones & Co., in a statement said, “We are pleased with the judge’s decision to dismiss this complaint.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-epstein-murdoch-wsj-lawsuit-dismissed.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496377 (132138ZAPR26) Notable: Judge dismisses Trump $10B defamation lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ about Epstein letter.

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“We stand behind the reliability, rigor and accuracy of The Wall Street Journal’s reporting,” the spokesman said.

A spokesman for Trump’s legal team, in a statement, said, “President Trump will follow Judge Gayles’s ruling and guidance to refile this powerhouse lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and all of the other Defendants.”

“The President will continue to hold accountable those who traffic in Fake News to mislead the American People,” the spokesman said.

The White House declined to comment, referring questions to Trump’s legal team.

Lawyers for the defendants had in legal filings said Trump’s case should be dismissed because the article about the letter is true, the article is not defamatory, and because Trump had not shown that the newspaper acted with actual malice.

“A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly ‘Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair,” Journal reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo said in the article.

“The letter concludes: ‘Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,’” they wrote.

Trump angrily denied writing the letter, saying, “This is not me. This is a fake thing.”

“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” the president said at the time.

A day after the Journal published the article,Trump filed a lawsuit against the newspaper, the two reporters, Murdoch, News Corp., the company’s CEO, Robert Thompson, and Dow Jones and Co.

On Sept. 8, Democrats in the House of Representatives released an image of what appeared to be a letter to Epstein signed by Trump, which matched the description of the letter detailed in the Journal’s article. The letter was obtained by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after that panel issued a subpoena to Epstein’s estate.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at the time of the release, said it proved that Trump did not draw the picture or sign it.

Epstein killed himself in August 2019 while being held without bail in a Manhattan federal jail. He had been arrested weeks earlier on child sex trafficking charges.

Letter to Epstein showed outline of woman’s body

The Wall Street Journal published an article on July 17 that said a letter bearing Trump’s signature was included in an album of letters that Epstein was giving for his 50th birthday. The article said Trump sent the letter at the request of Epstein’s close friend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who two decades later was convicted of procuring underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.

The Journal noted that the letter “contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-epstein-murdoch-wsj-lawsuit-dismissed.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496395 (132140ZAPR26) Notable: World Gov't Summit discussion on "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"

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"The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" is a book based on a phrase that has become a euphemism for things which occur outside predictive models.

turns out that it's a LARP too

they've known all along

not merely what

but when

hint: tonight

vidrel

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496426 (132150ZAPR26) Notable: We have over 1.6 million VAERS reports and 4,550 peer-reviewed scientific studies detailing the harm from these shots, but a FDA that refuses to protect the public.

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@AmerHlthFreedom

Read the replies.

We have over 1.6 million VAERS reports and 4,550 peer-reviewed scientific studies (http://react19.org/science) detailing the harm from these shots, but a FDA that refuses to protect the public.

What will it take to stop the shots and assist the injured?

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Mike Lee

@BasedMikeLee

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6h

Were you harmed by the COVID vaccine?

https://twitter.com/AmerHlthFreedom/status/2043798339486134429

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496445 (132156ZAPR26) Notable: THE DEMS DEEP STATE TOOK DOWN SWALWELL

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THE DEMS DEEP STATE TOOK DOWN SWALWELL

Note: he was threatening gavin newscum so they took him down. this is a move to keep California communist.

runtime: 5 mins 27 secs

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BREAKING: Eric Swalwell resigns from Congress

https://youtu.be/BPFM6oiXV4I

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496461 (132158ZAPR26) Notable: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima land in the US for an overnight stay with President Trump

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima land in the US for an overnight stay with President Trump

https://youtu.be/DQ8eGPLx3Ao

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496466 (132159ZAPR26) Notable: We have over 1.6 million VAERS reports and 4,550 peer-reviewed scientific studies detailing the harm from these shots, but a FDA that refuses to protect the public.

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Both COVID and the Pfizer shots are bioweapons and should be treated as such. We need justice and accountability for the millions of lives destroyed and lost. That's why I signed

@AmerHlthFreedom

's petition to call for the shots to be PULLED OFF THE MARKET!

https://x.com/Carlin4USSenate/status/2043779509447532754?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496492 (132204ZAPR26) Notable: Soros has ‘taken over’ Hungary – Musk

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Canada #91

Soros has ‘taken over’ Hungary - Musk

The billionaire weighed in on Viktor Orban’s defeat in the parliamentary election

Published 13 Apr, 2026 08:04 | Updated 13 Apr, 2026 13:17

The pro-EU Tisza party’s victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Hungarian election means that the country has essentially been taken over by the Soros network, Elon Musk has said.

In a post on X on Monday, Musk lashed out at Alexander Soros - the son of Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros and chair of the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) – who celebrated Orban’s fall as “a resounding rejection of entrenched corruption and foreign interference.”

“Soros Organization has taken over Hungary,” the SpaceX and Tesla owner said. In a separate post, Musk responded to a post by an X user who listed figures who cheered the result - among them, former US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, and various EU officials – and wrote: “This should tell you everything.” Musk replied with a “100%” emoji.

Musk’s comments came after Peter Magyar’s conservative Tisza party secured 138 seats in the 199-seat Hungarian parliament with 53.6% of the vote, while Orban’s right-wing Fidesz took just 55 seats with 37.8%, with an extremely high voter turnout of almost 80%.

Though conservative in profile, Tisza has pledged to dismantle core pillars of Orban’s policies – drawing once again closer to the EU and NATO.

Orban – who will see his 16-year tenure as prime minister come to an end – has long clashed with Budapest-born Soros, accusing him of fomenting ‘woke’ ideologies, “liberal internationalism,” and an intention to turn native Europeans into a minority through an “invasion of immigrants.”

The Soros-founded Open Society Foundations has a strong footprint in Hungary. Between 2016 and 2023, the network spent almost $90 million to fund Hungarian-based organizations, and in the year prior to the 2022 parliamentary elections, it gave a record $17 million, according to research by the Center for Fundamental Rights.

Hungary received nearly double the OSF’s average of $19 million per country across Europe and the post-Soviet region, with at least 153 organizations benefiting from Soros’s financial support, according to the report.

The OSF was essentially forced to leave Hungary in 2018 after Orban passed the so-called ‘Stop Soros’ anti-migration legislation. Critics have argued that despite the move, the OSF continues to influence Hungary’s domestic political scene through alternative routes.

https://www.rt.com/news/638309-soros-takes-over-hungary-musk/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496498 (132205ZAPR26) Notable: Fidel Castro says he is 'not a communist': Meet the Press Archive, APRIL 19, 1959

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Fidel Castro says he is 'not a communist': Meet the Press ArchiveNBC News

APRIL 19, 1959— Fidel Castro appeared on Meet the Press for his first visit to the United States since the Cuban revolution, nearly three months earlier.

29:37

https://youtu.be/I6y-vrRkjnM

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496509 (132207ZAPR26) Notable: IDF general tied to teen psy-op case appointed next Mossad chief

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IDF general tied to teen psy-op case appointed next Mossad chief

Benjamin Netanyahu’s military secretary has won approval from a split committee despite previous controversy

https://www.rt.com/news/638304-new-mossad-chief-appointed/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496524 (132210ZAPR26) Notable: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima land in the US for an overnight stay with President Trump

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>>38148

Governor Shapiro Welcomes the King and Queen of the Netherlands to Philadelphia

Governor Shapiro

https://youtu.be/gX8cbq-Ql3o

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496529 (132213ZAPR26) Notable: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima land in the US for an overnight stay with President Trump

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>>38154

Governor Shapiro Welcomes the King and Queen of the Netherlands to Philadelphia

Governor Shapiro

https://youtu.be/nAW_nTDmb0E

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496555 (132223ZAPR26) Notable: >24496590 CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “Adam Schiff covertly conspired with the fake whistleblower Eric Ciaramella in an attempt to overthrow the sitting President.” (2025)

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https://x.com/liz_churchill10/status/2043728478684454950

CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “Adam Schiff covertly conspired with the fake whistleblower Eric Ciaramella in an attempt to overthrow the sitting President.” (2025)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496589 (132230ZAPR26) Notable: Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.

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Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.

CNN 4/13/2026 By Devan Cole

Appeals court says Trump White House ballroom construction can proceed for now.1/2

A federal appeals court said Saturday that President Donald Trumpcan move ahead for another week with construction of a massive new White Houseballroom while judges consider the project.

The 2-1 order from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a temporary win for Trump in a protracted legal fightover whether he has the authority to build the ballroom on the site of the former East Wing without express approval from Congress. (At least the Federal Government has to pay for the lawsuit, but the haters spend government money and should be sued for being the suit in the first place.)

The appeals court said work on the project can continue until at least April 17.The court sent the case back down to a federal judge who initially ruled against it,sayinghe needed to look closer at the White House’s argument that construction must continue for national security and safety reasons, and adding that the appeals court couldn’t scrutinize the notion on a “hurried record.”

“It remains unclear whether and to what extent the development of certain aspects of theproposed ballroom is necessary to ensure the safety and security of those below-ground national security upgradesor otherwise to ensure the safety of the White House and its occupants while the appeal proceeds,” the judges in the majority wrote.

Thetwo judgeswho decided to send the case back down wereappointed by former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The dissenting judge was appointed by Trump during his first term.

Saturday’s decision is the latest flashpoint in a monthslong fight over Trump’s desire topush ahead with the ballroom project with little to no outside oversight.

After Trump demolished the East Wing last year to begin construction, the nation’s top historic preservation group went to court to challenge the legality of the project. It argued, among other things, that Congress needed to bless the project. (Which is a lie.)

Senior US District Judge Richard Leon agreed with the group late last month, writing in a stinging ruling that Trump was moving ahead with construction unlawfully since he had not asked lawmakers for permission to build the bold new addition to the White House.

Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush,said much of the work needed to stop pending congressional approval but that crews could continue “construction necessaryto ensure the safety and security of the White House.”

“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” Leon wrote in the 35-page ruling.

Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.

“That’s called: ‘I’m allowed to continue building as necessary,’” Trump said shortly after Leon issued his ruling. “So on that, we’re OK.”KEK

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/trump-ballroom-construction-judge-continue

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496615 (132236ZAPR26) Notable: Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.

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After appealing Leon’s decision to the DC Circuit,Trump’s lawyers told the court in a sharply worded filing that the judge overstepped when he issued a “shocking, unprecedented and improper injunction” that they said “would imperil the president and others who live and work in the White House.”

Arguing that theentire project “advances critical national-security objectives,” Justice Department lawyers asked the court to shelve Leon’s ruling while the case moved forward.

“The upgrades to the East Wing are not cosmetic;instead, they involve the use of missile-resistant steel columns, beams, drone-proof roofing materials, and bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass windows,” they wrote in court papers. “They also include the installation of bomb shelters, hospital and medical facilities, protective partitioning, and top-secret military installations, air conditioning, heating, venting, and more.”

But the National Trust forHistoric Preservation told the appeals court that Trump was erroneously conflating the bunkerbeing built under the ballroom with the above-ground addition that is replacing the East Wing,which for decades had housed the first lady’s office.

“As is obvious, the absence of a massive ballroom on White House grounds has not stopped this (or any other) President from residing at the White House or hosting events there,” the group’s lawyers said in a filing submitted this week. “Temporarily halting the ballroom project until it complies with the law will not irreparably harm defendants or the nation.”

The ballroom project has been a top priority for Trump, who has long envisioned a large, permanent event space at the White House to replace the temporary structures that are erected on the South Lawn for some key presidential events.

The project has an estimated size ofapproximately 89,000 square feet, according to lead architect Shalom Baranes.By contrast, the primary White House structure, the Executive Mansion, is just 55,000 square feet.

Earlier this month, a board stacked with Trump loyalists that oversees planning for federal buildings and land provided its stamp of approval for the project. But that vote appeared to do little to advance the project given Leon’s ruling days earlier.

At the last National Capital Planning Commission meeting, the board heard from dozens of experts, including architects, historians, preservationists and former White House staffers; representatives from key groups like the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the DC Preservation League and the American Institute of Architects; and concerned citizens who voiced opposition to the project. Just one person, the owner of a local historic event venue, spoke in support of it.

NCPC Chair Will Scharf, a top Trump aide, heralded the project during the meeting, saying the ballroom “will be considered every bit as much of a national treasure as the other key components of the White House.”

Trump has promised it will be complete in the summer of 2028,months before he is set to leave office.(I get a strange premonition he will not be leaving in 2028)

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/trump-ballroom-construction-judge-continue

(They would have never opposed it for other presidents, so they don’t want him to be in history to build a historic building of such great beauty. And history will record them of starting unnecessary wars and killed 1,000s o American for NO reason at all. This must really piss off Obama now.)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496636 (132243ZAPR26) Notable: Discussion of the heroes in the Old Dominion attack

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Samuel Reineberg - They Eliminated an Active Shooter in 4 Minutes | SRS #295

He was the hero at Old Dominion University. Shawn Ryan interview.

Prior-enlisted in the U.S. Army, he began his military career as an 88K (Watercraft Operator) at Fort Eustis, Virginia, where he served aboard the Logistics Support Vessel (LSV-5) andlater became the first Leading Seaman of the Maneuver Support Vessel Light (MSVL).

In 2023, he was selected for a Division Commander’s Green to Gold scholarship, transitioning to become an Army Officer candidate. He is currently a Leadership Science major at Old Dominion University and a senior in the Army ROTC program, with plans to commission as an Active Duty Second Lieutenant this May.

Most recently, he was recognized by the Secretary of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Army for the actions he and his peers took in response to the attack at Old Dominion University.

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https://youtu.be/vypsVdwa8wk

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24496669 (132252ZAPR26) Notable: #29874

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#29874 >>38122

>>38136, >>38140, >>38145, >>38123 Swalwell resigns from U.S. House after sexual misconduct allegations

>>38147 THE DEMS DEEP STATE TOOK DOWN SWALWELL

>>38124, >>38125, >>38126 Three bills: End Sanctuary Cities, Clear Skies Act, LIABLE Act

>>38127 Are the $2,000 tariff checks still a thing?

>>38129 Trump administration fires Boston immigration judge who issued ruling in Öztürk case

>>38130 Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has “put the empire on notice” by exposing...a decades-long British-run extortion system centered on the Strait of Hormuz

>>38131 Reportedly two suicide bombers detonated themselves in the Algerian capital during Pope Leo XIV's visit to the nation (mp4)

>>38132 ICYMI: Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe: 20 000 to 60 000 people in Germany have died from the c*vid vaccine.

>>38146, >>38150 We have over 1.6 million VAERS reports and 4,550 peer-reviewed scientific studies detailing the harm from these shots, but a FDA that refuses to protect the public.

>>38133 Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships.

>>38134 @USSpaceForce - Our energy security is a top priority.

>>38135 U.N. Secretary General calls for resumption of talks between U.S. and Iran

>>38137 Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 106, decriminalizing spreading HIV

>>38138 Tradition unlike any other. It's Friday at the White House

>>38139 Images from space mission?

>>38141, >>38142 Judge dismisses Trump $10B defamation lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ about Epstein letter.

>>38158, >>38161 Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.

>>38143 World Gov't Summit discussion on "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"

>>38144 Man charged after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home

>>38148, >>38154, >>38155, >>38160 King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima land in the US for an overnight stay with President Trump

>>38149 Katy Perry has been accused of sexual assault by Ruby Rose and calls the claims "categorically false."

>>38151 Soros has ‘taken over’ Hungary – Musk

>>38152 Fidel Castro says he is 'not a communist': Meet the Press Archive, APRIL 19, 1959

>>38153 IDF general tied to teen psy-op case appointed next Mossad chief

>>38157, >24496590 CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “Adam Schiff covertly conspired with the fake whistleblower Eric Ciaramella in an attempt to overthrow the sitting President.” (2025)

>>38159 DISGRACED former RINO Congressman Adam Kinzinger has been accused of engaging in sex with DOZENS OF MALE PROSTITUTES AND HAVING A SECRET GAY DATING PROFILE during his time as a Congressman in Washington, DC.

>>38156 Israel just dropped bombs on the Shrine of Simon Peter, Apostle of Christ, known locally as Shimon al-Safa, in Shama, South Lebano

>>38162 Discussion of the heroes in the Old Dominion attack

>>38163 @SecWar: It was an honor to host Indonesian Defense Minister @sjafriesjams at the Pentagon today.

#29874

FINAL

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24495602 (131732ZAPR26) Notable: Ukraine's own data confirms child trafficking — Russian MFA spokeswoman

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Ukraine's own data confirms child trafficking — Russian MFA spokeswoman

Maria Zakharova emphasized that the Russian side has repeatedly drawn attention to this problem

MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. Data coming out of Ukraine shows that children are indeed trafficked in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

"The National Social Service of Ukraine confirms that the country has a child trafficking problem," the diplomat noted. "So, according to this same Ukrainian service, in 2025, 8 children were victimized, in 2024 - 10, in 2023 - 118, and in 2022 - 3." Zakharova emphasized that the Russian side has repeatedly drawn attention to this problem. Furthermore, she noted, it is no secret that Ukraine is one of the world leaders in black market organ transplants and human trafficking.

"Of course, children have turned out to be the most vulnerable group," Zakharova continued. "And not just children, but orphaned children, who the Kiev regime treats like 'parcels,' sending them abroad under the guise of humanitarian actions for their own supposed benefit. After that, there’s no trace of these children at all."

https://tass.com/politics/2113985

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24495674 (131749ZAPR26) Notable: Orban Going, But Orbanism Coming To Europe Bad Economy, Corruption Cost Him His Job. But This No Victory For Euro-Liberalism

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Orban Going, But Orbanism Coming To Europe

Bad Economy, Corruption Cost Him His Job. But This No Victory For Euro-Liberalism

ROD DREHER

APR 13, 2026

https://roddreher.substack.com/p/orban-going-but-orbanism-coming-to

It’s. Good read:

I’m not going to post this whole article on Victor Orban, and the possible events that contributed to his loss. It’s not about his corruption, but the corruption by others in his country, that he ignored. He did not partake he just didn’t stop it.

This is a not really a critical article about him,but it points out in my opinion he was distracted and targeted by the EU.Another one of the problems includes the economic lag, but he was drawn into major conflicts with the EU, yes he was targeted by them, but his neglect of sheer corruption of others in his country caused the loss in the election, according to the author.

The author compliments him in many ways, but pointed out disregarding what citizens see was a pierce to his armor.

The author sees what motivated the people,but to me there is no way on earth he wasn’t a target by the EU and Zelensky..

They truly wanted him gone and/or dead. He was the only one in the EU that challenged the “lie that Ukraine was innocent in the war with Russia.” Their biggest problem with the EU is he prevented the $90 billion they wanted to give to Ukraine, while they had already funded $200 billion from the start.

It’s a worthwhile read, not negative but in many ways positive for him.In some way his loyalty that he had to Trump, America and the maga movement, made him the target of the most corrupt EU ever.

That along with country matters the people were disappointed with.But I highly doubt the other guy won by 73%, there are a lot of Orbán and Trump loving citizens there.

He made mistakes but how Orbán-ism will grow in countries.His loyalty to his country was bar none the best.

“The thing is, Magyar is not a figure of the political Left, which remains unpopular in Hungary.What he basically offered voters is “Orban, but without the corruption.” On thekey issues that infuriate Brussels about Orban’s Hungary — his hardline on migrants and asylum seekers, and his adamant desire to keep Hungary out of the Ukraine war — there’s no difference between Orban and Magyar, except that Magyar might even be tougher than Orban on migration. When he takes power, Magyar is going to have to either disappoint his allies in the EU establishment, or disappoint millions of his voters. Personally, I expect him to be the cat’s paw of Brussels. For Hungary’s sake, I hope I’m wrong.